[{"id":3678205,"web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/comment/3678205/","msgid":"","list_archive_url":null,"date":"2026-04-16T13:58:17","subject":"Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: allow nfnetlink built-in only","submitter":{"id":90904,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/90904/","name":"Fernando Fernandez Mancera","email":"fmancera@suse.de"},"content":"On 4/15/26 1:12 PM, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:\n> Netfilter has its own netlink multiplexer, initially only a few\n> subsystem were using it, most notably conntrack, queue and log,\n> later in time nf_tables. These days it is the control plane of\n> preference.\n> \n> Just remove modular support for this, allow it built-in only.\n> \n> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso \n\nMakes sense to me.\n\nReviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera ","headers":{"Return-Path":"\n ","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org"],"Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (1024-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=sv3NM31V;\n\tdkim=pass header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256\n header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b=Stu6ZyuG;\n\tdkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de\n header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=susede2_rsa header.b=x8Q86ToK;\n\tdkim=neutral header.d=suse.de header.i=@suse.de header.a=ed25519-sha256\n header.s=susede2_ed25519 header.b=mHXka8ca;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org\n (client-ip=172.234.253.10; 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